Russian aggression against Ukraine can be qualified in two words. The first is a failure. It’s a big failure of the Russian army. The second is horror,” Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said, writes republicworld.com
EU foreign ministers on Monday held a crucial meeting to discuss Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine, war crimes, and the sixth round of sanctions with a tougher ‘oil embargo’, although a consensus proved to be increasingly difficult. The 27 member states agreed to draft and approve sanctions against Russia at the end of this week. “Discussing Ukraine means certainly discussing the effectiveness of our sanctions,” Josep Borrell, the European Union’s top diplomat, told reporters in Luxembourg.
“What the Russian army left behind is civilians killed, cities destroyed, indiscriminate bombing. The coming Russian offensive in the east makes us even more determined to continue supporting Ukraine”, he said.
“Council discussed efforts to reinforce strategic communication and to counter disinformation, including on the topic of rising food insecurity caused by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Ministers discussed how to face this challenge of rising food insecurity in other regions of the world, especially in Africa, the Western Balkans, the Middle East, and Latin America,” the EU said in a statement. Foreign Ministers of the European Union also met with Karim A.A. Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ahead of the session to discuss the war crime investigation into the civilian killings, violence, and rapes committed in Ukraine as well as sending a team of investigators.
